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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784128703321

Autore

Burack Charles Michael

Titolo

D.H. Lawrence's language of sacred experience [[electronic resource] ] : the transfiguration of the reader / / Charles Michael Burack

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-281-36371-5

9786611363710

1-4039-7824-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 206 p.)

Disciplina

823/.912

Soggetti

Religion and literature - England - History - 20th century

Religious fiction, English - History and criticism

Reader-response criticism

Holy, The, in literature

Religion in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-194) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book demonstrates how D.H. Lawrence's prophetic ambitions impelled him to create novels that would radically transform the consciousness of his readers. Charles Burack argues that Lawrence's major novels, beginning with The Rainbow , are structured as religious initiation rites that attempt to break down the reader's normative mindset and to evoke new, numinous experiences of self and world. Through careful analysis of narrative structure, literary technique, and sacred discourses, Burack shows that Lawrence tries to initiate the reader into his own version of religious vitalism. Unlike most initiations that conclude with powerful affirmations, Lawrence's novels generally end with an attempt to subvert the formation of new religious dogmas and to encourage sacred-erotic exploration.